This week Autodesk Plant Solutions posted a new product beta for creating, modifying, and managing piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).  Geared specifically for those who work on P&IDs in the process manufacturing and power generation industries, the product is built on the familiar AutoCAD platform.  For plant designers, drafters, and engineers, features like dynamic lines, dynamic components, and industry standard symbol libraries make it fast and easy to create, manipulate, and update P&IDs.  Additionally, administrators can create symbols that are customized to their company or client standards.  For managing and reporting of engineering information, the Data Manager enables quick viewing and editing of underlying data with the ability to export to Microsoft Excel.

To test AutoCAD P&ID (Guinness) Beta 1, sign up at http://myfeedback.autodesk.com. Use the Beta Code "GuinnessB1" in your sign up.  If you are already a member of the MyFeedback portal, log in and select the User button to edit your profile and change your Beta Code to "GuinnessB1". Please ensure you use a business or personal non-free email account for participation. Gmail, hotmail, and other free email or anonymous email accounts will not be approved for most beta project participation.

You can also learn more about Autodesk Plant Solutions and AutoCAD P&ID at Autodesk University from November 28 to December 1 in Las Vegas.  Spread the word to others who might benefit from this new product and who wish to participate and provide feedback during pre-release beta testing.